Adult Schedule for the Nanae October 2008 visit to Concord

Monday, October 13, 2008
5:45 meet at CCHS for bus to Logan
6:00 bus leaves for Logan
7:26 Continental Flight CO1190 arrives at Logan
8:45 arrive CCHS, meet host families

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
9:30 Informal courtesy visit with Town Manager Chris Whalen
10:00 Meet Alan Cathcart, Concord, at waste water treatment plant and possibly Deaconess well for discussion about high technology waste water treatment and town wells for drinking water treatment.
12:30 CCHS Principal's luncheon (Principal Peter Badalament & School Superintendent Diana Rigby)
Concert Band rehearsal, CCHS tour
2:30 Concord Fire Station tour with Chief Willett; Concord Police Station tour with Chief Wetherbee
3:45 Concord Public Library tour
4:30 Home to rest before School Committee
6:15 arrive at Riply Building for School Committee Meeting presentation by last summer's teachers and introduction of Nanae delegation
7:15 dinner with families or the 99
8:07 Red Sox Game on TV

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:30 Meet at CCHS bandroom
7:45 Charlie's Mobil
8:00 Concord Lumber
9:00 Vander Wansem Garden
10:15 Carlisle Garden
11:30 Carlisle Cranberry bog
12:30 Hutchins Farm--apples
1:30 lunch at 99
3:00

Thursday, October 16, 2008
8:00 meet at CCHS bandroom
9:00 Concord Tour--North Bridge, Concord Museum, etc.
11:00 school lunch at CCHS
11:30 leave CCHS
12:00 Home Depot in Framingham
12:45 Super Stop & Shop Framingham
1:30 B.J.'s Framingham
3:00 leave Framingham for Concord
4:00 hayride at Verrill Farm
5:00 return to host families for dinner and evening

Friday, October 17, 2008
Adults and Students


7:15 arrive CCHS bandroom, check in
7:40 meet in CCHS lobby to get bus to Thoreau Elementaty School
8:00-8:30 Welcome breakfast (potluck from teachers) held in the Library

8:30-9:00 Tea and business card exchange in principal’s office

9:15 Whole-school assembly in cafeteria
Principal’s welcome
Gift giving (Gifts should be nicely wrapped.)
Performance #1: song in Japanese
Performance #2: Evergreen, Ever Blue
All sing the Thoreau School song
Conclusion (principal)
10:00-10:20 Tour of school, observe classes in session, inc. technology
(P4 class in music at 10:00- Japanese recorder song)
10:25-10:45 Classroom activity (20 minutes)
10:50-11:10 Classroom activity (20 minutes)

11:15 Bus to Walden Pond

11:30-1:00 Walden Pond

1:30-2:00 Back to Thoreau. Lunch: pizza for Gr. 5; PTG lunch for visitors

2:00-2:20 Classroom activity (20 minutes)

2:25-2:45 Classroom activity (20 minutes)

2:50-3:08 Walk school grounds and River Walk with E4 class
3:30 home or CCHS to rest before potluck
6:30 arrive CCHS for potluck
7:00 potluck
9:00 potluck ends

Dismissal: Visitors line up to wave to buses (or if visitors leave first, students line up to wave to them?)